A newlywed bride who allegedly pushed her husband to his death from a cliff just eight days after their wedding had blindfolded him before the fall, prosecutors have now claimed.

Defense attorneys for Jordan Linn Graham, 22, said they were shocked by the '11th hour' theory.

Graham, from Kalispell, Montana, previously told investigators she pushed her husband Cody Johnson during an argument, forcing him off the cliff in Glacier National Park on July 7 this year.

She has pleaded not guilty to murder - as well as to a charge of making false statements to law enforcement after she allegedly told officers she had come across Cody's body while searching for him when he failed to come home.

Accused: Jordan Linn Graham, center, leaves the courthouse after pleading not guilty to charges last month

But now defense attorneys have claimed that an FBI interrogator failed to properly record interviews with Graham - and then later twisted her words.

They also said they were shocked by claims by the prosecution on October 25 that they had evidence to support their accusation of first-degree murder because of the blindfold.

The defense heard 'for the first time' that Graham placed a blindfold on her husband before pushing him over the ledge - which the prosecution claims shows premeditation, HLN reported.

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In a motion to dismiss charges against Graham - filed November 8 - the defense fought back: 'If, as is stated in the complaint
affidavit, Jordan and Cody were arguing intensely on the ledge it hardly
seems plausible that the argument would cease abruptly so Jordan could
apply a blindfold.

'Frankly at this point the defense has no idea of how
the government intends to try this case.'

Another
motion filed by prosecutors says DNA tests are being carried out on a
piece of cloth found in the area where Johnson's body was found.

Murder charge: Jordan Graham with her husband, Cody Johnson, who she is accused of killing

It asked the judge to delay the trial until February as results could take more than a month.

Graham spoke about a blindfold in an interview with police on July 16, the defense's motion reveals.

'I didn’t want to do that trail because I was afraid that, I mean there is a cliff right there,' Graham said.

'And you could fall. And he said, "I could do this with a blindfold on". And he said, "I could just put it on, take a step but I wouldn't even fall". And I was like - and it just kept going through my head that, um, you are going to fall or something.'